Hurricane Idalia neared the Florida coast at the same time Hurricane Franklin, with a clearer eye wall, churned in the Atlantic on Aug. 29, 2023.
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Climate models suggest North Africa will get drier in future. But its caves tell a different story.
The costs of climate change are clear with the flood devastation in Lybia simply being the latest grim example. What is also clear is that traditional policymaking has failed and climate assemblies may provide a novel and more equitable path forward.
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Climate assemblies may just provide the breakthrough required to develop popular, just and sustainable climate and energy policies.
Hurricane Lee became the busy 2023 hurricane season’s first Category 5 storm and one of the most intense hurricanes on record in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Can Hurricane Fiona give us a hint about what future climate change might bring to Eastern Canada? Unravelling this question could lie in understanding ancient storm records.
Cyclone Idai heading towards Mozambique and Zimbabwe in 2019.
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Storm Fiona caused a lot of property damage and erosion on the Canadian coast. But its effects are also felt in the depths of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Hurricane damage to affordable housing can leave business owners struggling to find employees.
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The meteorologist leading NOAA’s 2022 hurricane field program describes flying through eyewalls and the technology in these airborne labs for tracking rapid intensification in real time.
Several people were injured and homes destroyed after tornadoes touched down in Barrie, Ont., in July 2021.
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Engineers, architects and builders can design and construct affordable new buildings that can resist tornadoes, floods and wildfires, but do not. We have that opportunity now.
The Wall of Wind can create Category 5 hurricane winds for testing life-size structures.
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The test facility in Miami helps building designers prevent future storm damage. With the warming climate intensifying hurricanes, engineers are planning a new one with 200 mph winds and storm surge.
People take refuge on a sports ground following flooding caused by Cyclone Idai in Mozambique.
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For the first time, an IPCC climate report has assessed evidence that weather and climate extremes are already affecting mental health — and are likely to worsen.
Floods across the world this year cost hundreds of lives and millions of pounds in damages.
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